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On Thursday, the final F1 entry list for 2010 was released. Here is the short version.

1. USF1 would not be racing at all in 2010.
2. Stefan Grand Prix would also not be racing in 2010.
3. I ran in circles around the building screaming “ARRRGHHH!”. (Actually I didn’t but I wanted to!)

When I opened the 2010 season, I was working under the assumption that USF1 would race at some point, but it became clear a few days that USF1 was not going to race this year at all. As soon as that was clear, the USF1 team and it’s drivers was pulled from the price list.

Also for the 2010 season, I revised the pricing system to be a lot tighter and more linear. Originally I had Campos (Who are now called Hispania.) priced at 4 million and USF1 at 3 million. Then the news stories about USF1 asking to miss the first 4 races and also Stefan looking to take their places. Clearly a big mess in the making, so what I did was drop all the prices down by 1 million and priced both Campos and USF1 at 3 million each, allowing for you pick your bargain basement teams a little more easily. I also had the prices for Stefan GP set to be also 3 million, so the situation was pretty much covered.

However it does leave the a situation for a small number of FF1GP teams, who have USF1, Jose Maria Lopez or the USF1 2nd Driver. Those drivers or teams will not score any points in this years FF1GP, including prediction points for DNF.

What I’m in the process of doing is setting up a page to allow you to delete your team if you have USF1, Jose Maria Lopez or the USF1 2nd Driver. However this option to delete your team will be only available for a limited time which will be until 14:00 GMT on Friday 12th March (UK time)

More details will be released on this blog when the new page is ready which will be in a few days. Also I will be emailing the team owners of the effected FF1GP teams as well.

Update

The option to delete teams is available to teams that qualify. If you do qualify.

1. Go-to http://www.ff1gp.com
2. Click on Login and enter your FF1GP account details.
3. At the top of “My teams” page a message will appearing telling you if you have tells that qualify for deletion. Click on the link.
4. Select the team you want, and click on “Delete Team”
5. After the team is deleted, you may re-enter your team using the old team name, with a different driver and team line-up.
6. Don’t forget to re-enter your team into any private leagues you may have entered!

Campos have changed their name to Hispania Racing Team, which has probably raised a few eyebrows in a few places I’m sure.

Anyone with Campos in their FF1GP will have found the name has been updated to reflect the name change, since they are the same team, just a different name.

Hispania are expected to formally launch their team on Thursday 4 March, and it is hope they finally confirm their driver lineup. It is expected that their lineup is to consist of Karun Chandhok and Bruno Senna.

As for news on the final slot on the grid, all I can say is watch this space. It’s expected that the slot could be confirmed by the FIA when they release the full entry list. Of course, the FIA have not given a date when they will release that list.

The rumours about USF1 have been circulating for weeks, that they would miss the first few races, have now echoed into they will not be running a car at all this year.

It’s gets worse for USF1. There is the possible news that Jose Maria Lopez is joining Campos as a test driver, and even Eddie Jordan is saying that Stefan will be on the grid in Bahrain. I’ve always taken Eddie’s tips with a little bit of salt, but he has been right about some of the big F1 rumours over the last year. (Or he’s vey good at going the right way on bets with a 50-50 chance!)

So for now, I’ve withdrawn the USF1 team, Jose Maria Lopez and the USF1 2nd driver from the FF1GP price list.

This does mean there are FF1GP team who do have the above teams and drivers. I will put something in place to address the issues, once the USF1 and Stefan GP situation is resolved.